North Carolina Newspapers

Ver" ft . Largest Circulation of 2 - Eaten IM CmtatL 7he Best Aduertwatj . - , Hfedium in Eastern North Carolina. v : Vc!u2ie3lNot 53. NEW BERN, N. C.. M ;AUG13ST,S1. 1908.; Price Two Cc :7 .Wli Happiness and Prosperity Sum . -1 . . . . . -s -. VJiDLl LAIIDS MnE DAMAGED fotirnafeJ 6y Amount of Soi in Ifa Wafer STATE FORESTER W. W. 1SHE. Discusses Recent Heavy Balas W&1 ; Brack MHtloa Dollar ' Mark MMio and Five fiaM Tw it M 'WuWAiray.y- ' T'V'.' . Special , to r The Sun.-,,,,; V, . .t . Raleigh,? N. C., Mg. SL-Stata For- ester W. W. Ashe, is discussing the ; recent heavy rains and the enormous damage done to cropi, bridges, rail- . roads and country roads said the up land firming lands have been washed to the extent of more than a million il " : dollars. : Estimates are based on the 1 amount of soli In- the water of the - . rivers as shown by previous records r of freshets of somewhere about the ' same height and Indicate that more r than a million five hundred thousands tons of soil were "washed from the Piedmont region of North Carolina during the past week; more than five . hundred thousand tons from the farms of. Northern Georgia and seven hun ; : dfed thousand tons from upper South H Carolina and four hundred thousand tons from the hills of Virginia. The ' bumue In this cast quantity of lost soil chiefly from the farms be est mates at $1 per ton to be worth not uma thftti tl.200.00. a loss which Is V largely overlooked and under v estl- ' . mated by the farmers, because It Is ' a loss that takes place" so consuntly. l$v.Mvi 'Ashe declares, oto the other hand ., thatlt ia a loss that is so enormous and vital that it Is the chief reason tor the poverty of so many Southern soils; a loss to wnicn nortnern sous are not so subject, because of the lighter rain falls and their more gentle character. Such rains falls as were experienc ed the past week 18 Inches in some parts of middle North Carolina In four days, -fifteen inches to three, days in carta of South Carolina are tropical In character. : Forester Ashe says, but - are not uncommon In the South. To counteract . these flood rain falls he f urges deep plowing; plenty of humus and where slopes . are at allsteep Praising to levels by terracing.-Leave toff hillside ditches, have smaller clear ;ed areas, cultlvate.jnore ..intensely, al lowing no lands to lie Idle without me crop coverlngl'w hold the- son r There are, he eayi, oer 2.000,000 acres of Idle lands from Virginia to Georgia that should be planted in timber., BEATEN AT DAUGHTEB'S $BAVE n'i.kU. i V.M! TItllH of lUa Wmty '-Philadelphia. Aar 81-rGoing to rf;? . Woodlands Cemetery,' In , West Phila- a delphia to visit the ? grave ot her jfaHHi.M wnA man inrM wwkb uu. f Mrs. Henneua nncHrt.w (Th? was attacked and beaten into nncon- S jiHi -soiousnesa today by a. man who took 'i her handbag cjihtalnlng $10 and es .'.3-.'. , . t- ,: ' ;- Mrs. Hancser waa iouna uiscubiuic 'H hi t grave digger, and was lying on '''; her face beside her daughter's grave, -.She 'was taken to a hospital, where It ' , was found that her stall was fractur e back of the right ear. Her oondi- r''C- tion is gwe'7 vt-y''&'H : f: At the hospital Mrs.; Hancker.part 1t recovered consciousness,.' and she 'was able to lve the physican;'her '''USwune and . tell them sufficient to indt ; - VvVieate that she had been attacked and robbed.', Captain of "Detectives Galla- PM? ;ira, Hancaer aaaauaai, . " Prerideat Eeeelvet Alieat 8txty and t,:.C"'C', v'r, .Serret.aack. ', - - i; Oyster Bay, j Aug, 31. President t RooBetelt today paid his compliments -' to the American atLIetel Who parcel. r ,; pated In the Olympic games whan he entertained them to the number of " about sixty at his home at Oyster Bay. ' :Veca as served and the presl- t t was very corilal to his guests. LOCOOTITBjC XZZ -ARJI j WhisUet to? Tt .Bleep.: - lag Manama el Fin . By Wire to" The Sutt - Manassas, 'Va. Aug. 81. Fira which broke out Friday morning about two o'clock destroyed the buildings occu pied by the -Enterprise Bakery Com pany and an adjoining grocery store of G. F. Thompson, formerly of the Atlantic and Paclflc Tea Company; of Washington. The building which the bakery occupied was owned by E JL Conner , and is valued at 12,300, while the stock: of the bakery was worth a- bout $1,000. The building the grocery store was in was ewned by Dr. B. S. Simpson, and is valued at about $2,500 and the stock, which was "not Insured, about $1,200. , , . ... The fire, was discovered in the rear of -the- bakery, about the' time South era express train rolled in, and which Ity. the shrieking of its. load whistle gave . the alarm. The volunteer fire department was soon called into ac tion and did good work with Its little hand engine. -, ,. , , '-1 . CITIL WAB HEROINE DEAD Mrs. MfeCleave's Tlrginla Home Was : Center te Seven Battles By Wire to The Sun. Cumberland, Md., Aug. 31. Mrs. Sarah . Ann McCleave, widow of Rob ert Hall McCleave,1' is dead, aged 91. She was born in Fauquier county, Va. During the civil war her home was the center of the severest, battles Of the war..-.- Under Milroy s command, Mr. and Mrs. McCleaves were escorted from Virginia to the Union lines In Cum berland, where they, settled Mr. Mc Cleave was for 50 years a mail con tractor of the government v Her sons, R. Hugh McCleave, Cumberland, and John S. McCleave, Pittsburg, survive. SADLY AWMWG Ji:?.in. Wtts'ft- -U ' . To Pay hut Tiibutt to Lamented Mr. Btubee , Remains Not Expected to Arrive Re fore Tharsday or Friday Ne Ar rangements Till Body Arrives. Spends! to The Sun. - - - .. Raleigh, N. C, Aug. 31. The people ot Raleigh are sadly awaiting the ar rival of the remains of the 4amented Fablus Busbee to pay the last sad but loving tribute of respect in the funeral rites. The remains are not expected to arrive here from Seattle, Washing ton .before next Thursday? or. Friday. Thoj funeral wili'aoit "bf arranged; ixi cepf In a' gdneral way until then.The Raleigh Bar . Association ' has . adopted suitable resolutions on the career and sad death of Mr. Busbee and has nam ed a committee to share in the prepa rations for the funeral.'this being com- posod of JK H. Pou, R. N. Slmma, Alex. 8tronach and T B. 4 Womack. . There is also a committee to prepare the res olutions, this being composed ot T. B. Womack, J. W. Hinsdale, J. E. Shep erd, W J. Peele and R. T. Gray. POSTMASTER'S WIFE ACCUSED Charged With Mlsappreprtatlng Funds As His Asslsteat - By Wire to The Sun. vv f - Norfolk, Va., . Aug.; -41. Charged with misappropriating $100 Helen Leaner, formerly assistant to her hus band, E. D. Lesner, postmaater at Pine Beach, has been arrested on a warrant sworn out by Postofflce Inspector Bul- The' case came up for', a hearing Friday, and waa continued by United States Commissioner Stephenson until September 5th, the defendant being balled in the sum of $250.- - THREE ADDRESSES, . . Owner Has a Baiy Day ef It last s . t , Haaeay. - - Raleigh, N, C, Aug. Sl-Govertior Glenn delivered thafee. addresses ' in this county, puaday. He was' at Falls on the Neuse at 1.1 o'clock add at Mil brook in the afternoon on invitation Of the citisens of those sections. While at sight he was at. the First Presby terian church for. an., address before De young peoples organisation of that cburch. j, Vv.i;': kADERS WILL BE NOTIFIED Hisgen and Graves to be Told Tonight GRAVES IS AT WARM SPRINGS Owing te His Health WOI Be Unable to Be la New lerk Tenlght Will Be No Spectacular Featares At To- lfht's Affair. By Wire to The dun. New York, Aug. 31. Candidates Hisgen and Graves will be formally . w notified tonight of their nominations for president and vice-president, re spectively of the Independence party. Charles H. Walsh, who was permanent Chairman of the convention that nomi nated them, will notify them of the fact and both candidates will respond. Mr. Heart Is also expected to speak. New York, Aug. 31. Mr. Graves cannot be present at the Independence party notification tonight. He is at Warm Sulphur Springs for his health, and is unable to go to New York. His notification will therefore take place later, v .-- ' .' ': ' 7 :' There will be no spectacular fea tures to the notification of Hlsgea to night, but It Is expected to be enthu siastic and effective. . ! DAMAGE BY FLOODS Augusta' Loss Will Exceed One Mil- ' - lion Dollars By Wire to The Sun. Augusta,. Aug. 31.-iFlood sufferers are receiving first attentian, carload provisions sent from Atlanta lasted less than an hour. Many half naked white women with children, begged in the streets for food and clothing. There are many others clamoring for some thing to eat and wear. Relief asso ciations and individuals are doing all they can to relieve the distress. Streets, alleys, gutters .and sewers are in bad condition and there is, not e nough water to flush them.''; '.' Augusta, Ga., Aug. 31. Here is a brief account of the flood's destruc tion at Augusta: :The known dead are! 'yf Harry Carr, book-keeper for the Nixon Grocery Company. :- ..: ' jHorace Wingard, pressman fgr M., B:' Williams .& Company. 'J r : Raines narris, coiorea. "Caesar Harvey, colored. N jKelson Thomas, eolored. ;iee Hatcher, colored.. B. Davis,' coloxedirtp- ' ... Jessie Hawkins, colored. ' Harry Cailes, colored. ; ; "v' 'John HMmioted ; Jjohn Robinson, colored. Dennis Barbie colored, a - i ''. Josiah Glover,, colored;; ! ' Tom Jones, colored. ,. , Ed Owens, colored. . - . Estimated losses are as follows: Total damage from $1,000,000 to $2,- 000,000.. , :v,.;"-'" Damage to city property, $2,000,000 to $250,000, v - . : V . i Damage to street railroad, $25,000. Damage to railroads $50,000. : Damage to telephone and telegraph Companies $20,000. f : " ,v Damage to merchants and local In dustriest $150,000 to $200,000. Damage to residences $50,000. '-.'.f. . Probable loss to wages to mill op eratives and others $50,000.: : 1 ! Loss by fire $50,000, .; , When the Whole situation has. clear ed It will probably be found that the total death list in the three States of Georgia, North Carolina and South -1 Carolina, will be in the neighborhood of 70. ; i.1 f Most of the dead are negroes. ' In, Augusta- reports were received this morning that bodies had been seen floating down the river, but only If bodies had been recovered In the city limits of Augusta,' ' V The country districts 'report ' - a number of casualties., y . i v" The suffering, Was reported intense whose homes were swept away. 7T mmERTs; tieolPnly Matter of Short Time CANTPjMAKE ANY STATEMENT. Hosband ef Woman, who Was With Clubman, TYhen Shot, Declares He Was Net in Atlantic Oty on Wed aesdaf Night-Talks With De teethe. By Wire to The Sun. Atlantic City, N. J., Aug. 31. Chas. B. Roberts, the Baltimore clubman, is dying. His deth being but a matter of a short time at most He is not now allowed to talk by physicians and will probably die without making any statement.-,; Efforts are being made by Baltimore police, It is said, to let the matter, drop rather than uncove. any scandals in the exclusive set of the Baltimore Smart Set. Mrs. Roberts is with her husband at the hospital. Declaring that he was not at At lantic City Wednesday night, Mr. Wil liams E. G. Williams camo to Balti more shortly after noon yesterday from his country home at Long Green and faced Detectvie Berney and Ham mersla, of : headquarters, and Detec tive Harry Wilson, of Atlantic City. "1 waa not at Atlantic City Wednes day night," he said, "and I did not leave my country home at Long Green from noon Wednesday until Friday morning."; The meeting took place in Mr. Wil Hams' office in the Fidelity Buildjng, and waa arranged by Mr. William" H. Dawson, lawyer and business associate of Mr. Williams. Mr. Williams and Mr. Dawson 'are intimate friends end have known each i other for years. Mrl Dawson urged Mr. WHKams to meet the detectives and offset the idea that many persons entertained that he vas at the seaside resort the night of the shooting of Mr. Roberts. Mr. H. Cav endish Darrell, who is also connected in business , with Mr. Williams, was present when the inquiry took- place. "I have nothing to conceal," Mr. Williams said, "for I am absolutely in- nocent of this affair in any connection. can prove an alibi and this will certainly be sufficient evidence to my friends and to you that I was not at Atlantic City on the night of the shoot ing of Mr. Roberts." Mr. Williams looked worn and tired When asked personal questions he showed evidence of excitement and urged that the detectives not refer to his family, as all on which he desired to enlighten, them was his whereabouts Wednesday toight ' "I arrived in New York Tuesday morning from Europe," he said, "and came to Baltimore on the 1:47 train. Upon reaching-Baltimore I went to the Maryland Club, where I spent the night Wednesday morning I went to my country home at Long Green and remained there until Friday mWnlng, when I came to Baltimore again." "How did you reach, your home on the narrow gauge roadt" was ask ed '' .";'V;:'.'"'-:-'. ' -': "On the narrow escape," he retorted smiling. :" ', The detectives then began to ques tion him on what he thought were his private affairs. He declined to discuss such matters with them and said; "I have told you where I have been now do you want to arrest me? If yon do here is my servant, who can testify that I waa at home all Wed nesday night" ' The servant was his colored butler, Virgil Mitchell, who corroborated what Williams stated.- "Dl i anyone call at your home Wed nesday? 'Whom did you see then that day?" was asked him, ' "Nobody but a lot of reporters, who were after me all day.' "The eteotives mean the people-on the farm" ; interrupted Mr. Dawson; when he saw that Mr. Williams did not grasp the exact point the detec tives wanted to clear up. . "Oht I saw the people on the farm. It was a muddy day on Wednesday, but I got over the place." All the questions th detectives ask - ed h!m,vwlth the exception of those referring to his personal affairs, were answered, with apparent frankness. He could mention no one outside of his WtfTJ V CaODCC employed on the farm who saw himjjljfj J OCMillfaJ Wednesday, night and Thursday. ' When Mitchell made a statement similar to that of Mr. Williams, the de tectives did not cross-examine him to any! great extent. He said Mr. Wil liams arrived at Long Green before noon Wednesday and was met by the carriage and driven to his home. All the house employes, he said, would make the, same statement He said Mr. Williams was tired when he reached home Wednesday and retired at 5 o'clock In the afternoon. He saw him again at 6:30 o'clock in the morn ing. The detectives then asked the negro if Mr. Williams had an automobile at his country home. No, sir," be answered; " we have not seen any since the madam went away, except one which rolled up to the house last night with reporters in it." The detectives then talked of ques tioning the other employes. Mr. Wil liams said he had no objection to them going to his country place and talk ing with the servants. We are anxious to have this mat ter of my knowing anything about the shooting cleared up," said Mr. Wil liams. "Go out there and sweep the place from stem to stern and you can talk freely with all of them. I know they will tell you the same." The detectives then assured both Mr, Williams and Mr. Dawson that they only wanted to establish certain facts in the case and the inquiry at the Fidelity ended. Mr. Dawson,, when asked to give his theory of the shooting, said: 'I have no theory. All we know is that Mr. Roberts was shot while in a rolling chair, with Mrs. Williams on the board-walk at Atlantic ICty. Who shot him I do not know, although of course, I am very sorry he was shot, A BIG CELEBRATION Labor Unions Preparing For Elab orated Occasion Barbecue and Brunswick Stew Will Be Special Feature Address by Prominent Officials. Special to The Sun. Raleigh, N. C, Aug. 31. The labor unions of Raleigh are preparing for an elaborate Labor Day celebration September 7th, a big barbecue and brunswick stew to be one of the spe cial features. There will be addresses by State Treasurer B. R. Lacy and Assistant Commissioner of Labor and Printing M. L. Shipman, who is the office of Comlmssioner of Labor and Printing. WILL GROW WORSE Forests Must Be Treated With Sanity By The People By Wire to The Sun. Washington, D. C, Aug. 31. The disastrous floods throughout the South with their appalling damage to human life and property Is being pointed out by the Appalachian National ' Forest Association as a striking though la mentable and costly object lesson. "With the torrential rainfall in the Piedmont and Appalachian Mountain region, coupled with the criminal de forestation, of -the mountain sides throughout this section, at the head waters of our Southern streams," said an official of the National Association, "no other result than severe floods can be expected, and this condition, as bad as It is, must steadily grow worse and Increasingly more damag ing, until our people return to sanity In their treatment of . the forests. It proves ' as no other lesson can, the need of the forest covering and bears eloquent testimony to whoat we are preaching day in and day out, that our f forests are absolutely essential to the Nations life and must be preserved If these woeful condition and losses are to be prevented.", i . Tomorrow Is the first of September when the oyster season is supposed to begin, but Mr. Oyster beat the fall month out by arriving on the market ; Saturday night - They were in great demand and people went after them like .they were gold dollars and would soon disappear. 'M'::K;,i'v'i;:-i MR.R00SEVELT Taft is Party to Black est Conspiracy ADDRESS OF BISHOP WALTERS. Accuses President and Mr. Taft ef Having Practically Endorsed the Lily White Movement la the South Praise for Democrats. By Wire to The Sun. New York, Aug. "3L Cpl. Henry Watterson, of Kentucky, gave out at Democratic national headquarters the advance copy- of the address to be issued by Bishop Walters, of the Afri can Methodist Episcopal church to the colored people of the country in which the people of the court in which the bishop alludes to Taft as "a party to the blackest conspiracy ever perpe trated against negro soldiers." He accuses the president and Mr. Taft of having "practically endorsed the lily white movement in the south, which has for its ultimate object practical elimanation on the negro from poli tics. He said "wherever we have had sense enough to help the democratic party, notably in New York City, the democrats have always shown willing ness to treat us with consideration." Chicago, 111., Aug. 31. Pittsburg, Pa., Washington, D .C, and Atlanta, Ga., are in line with Chicago for the organization of a National Law and .Order league that will include only colored men In its membership, ac cording to letters in those cities. BRYAN FRIEND TO CATHOLICS Refutes Charge That He, a Presbyte rian Has Been Hostile to Them By Wire to The Sun: Galveston, Tex., Aug. 31. In a letter to friends, and authorizing its publi cation, William J. Bryan refutes the charges he says have been made and circulated to the effect that he is or has been unfriendly to Catholics. Mr. Bryan in his letter says that while he is a Presbyterian, he has always count ed among his intimate personal and political friends many Catholics and it this is no secret Continuing, he writes: "The man who put me in nomination at Denver, I. J. Dunn, is a Catholic. The president and secretary of the Bryan Volunteers of Nebraska, are Catholics. The president of the Bryan Traveling Men's Club is a Catholic, as are many other men prominent in my campaign members of the Catholic faith. I mention this to show you that I have the confidence of the -Catholics, who have been connected with me In politics during the past 18 years. If any further information Is desired, I suggest you write any of the men men tioned or to the Hon. C. J. Smythe, one of the officers of the Knights of Columbus In Omaha, or to the Hon. T. J. Doyle, a prominent Catholic of Lincoln. I inclose a speech I made to the Hibernian Society of Washington." KILLED AT BAT Morgan Cunningham Struck Over Heart With Ball By Wire to The Sun. Chicago, Aug. 31. Morgan Cunning ham, while at the bat in a ball game yesterday, was struck by a pitched ball over the heart and instantly killed The ball was pitched by Joseph Bren nan, and several hundred people saw the fatality. EDITOR IS DYINt Was Attacked by Doctor For Alleged Exposure By Wire to The Sun. Welch, W. Va., Aug . 31. H. B. Kltts, editor of Bluefield Leader, is dying at a hotel here, as a result of ' an attack upon him by Dr. R. D. Hat field, of Eckman, McDowell county. It was caused by the Leader's expos ure of alleged social equality of whites ' and negroes in McDowell county and In connection of Dr, Hatfield's name